The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would be prohibited from hiring additional tax enforcement personnel until it processes its backlogged tax returns from the past two years under legislation proposed on Feb. 18 by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA). “Our solution Read more…
As auto dealerships struggle with inflation and inventory shortages amid ongoing supply chain disruptions, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and his Republican colleagues requested that the U.S. Treasury Department use its existing authority to provide America’s automobile industry with some Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced on Feb. 17 by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) would close a long-standing gap in education for older adults and people with disabilities about Medicare enrollment. “Currently, seniors who miss the sign-up deadline for Medicare Part B Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that would create a system to help federal agencies identify which programs are unnecessary, defunct, duplicative or could operate more efficiently if consolidated with another program. “I appreciate being able Read more…
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) last week joined a majority of the Republican conference in urging the Biden administration to ensure proper implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Specifically, the lawmakers expressed Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) last week offered bipartisan legislation that would require the director of National Intelligence to submit a report on Chinese investment in global port infrastructure. Introduction of the bill follows a recommendation in the 2021 U.S.-China Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) would make more Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding available for commercial airports to buy devices necessary to test their firefighting equipment without discharging toxic chemicals. Read more…
A bipartisan resolution offered by U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) recently received approval by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee. “I am glad to see this resolution Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) last week sponsored bicameral, bipartisan legislation that aims to give equal support to American-flagged vessels working on offshore energy activities in homeland waters with their foreign-flagged counterparts. “U.S. and Read more…
The U.S. Senate-approved Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act, cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), includes provisions from the senator’s Toxic Exposure in the American Military (TEAM) Act. The bipartisan, bicameral TEAM Act, S. 927, which Sen. Tillis Read more…